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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Under Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, FANTASTIC FOUR earned the tagline "The
World's Greatest Comic Magazine." And there's no doubting it when you
read the adventures they have in store for you in their third Omnibus
collection! It's one history-making hit after another -the first
appearances of the Kree, Annihilus and "Him" (a.k.a. Adam Warlock);
team-ups with the Inhumans and Silver Surfer; and the birth of Franklin
Richards! Add in classic enemies Dr. Doom, the Mole Man and Galactus -
and Crystal's first outing as a member of the FF.

For the first time ever, a visual presentation of the much-discussed,
unrevised, unadulterated version of Harlan Ellison's award-winning Star
Trek teleplay script, "The City on the Edge of Forever!" See the story
as Mr. Ellison originally intended!

In 2015 Disney will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Pinocchio,
Walt’s second and most critically acclaimed feature film. This book,
created in conjunction with the Walt Disney Family Foundation, presents
an in-depth exploration of the making of the film, with
never-before-published art and behind-the-scenes stories from the inner
workings of the Golden Age of Animation.

In 1940, Walt Disney released his second feature film: Pinocchio,
based on Carlo Collodi’s 1883 Italian children’s novel. It became the
first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award (in fact, it
won two), and is now considered one of the finest Disney films ever
made, even earning a place on the roster of the National Film Registry.

To celebrate the film’s 75th anniversary, J.B. Kaufman—author of The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs—presents
a complete history of the making of Pinocchio, from source material to
rerelease. The film was groundbreaking in many areas, from achievements
in animation and sound effects to establishing a pattern for Disney
filmmaking that survives to this day. In this book, we learn everything
from the story changes to the animators’ personalities to the reason the
iconic Jiminy Cricket almost didn’t make it in the film, alongside over
300 photographs, illustrations, and concept sketches, many never before
available to the public.

Studio Ghibli presents a film about the clash between modern
civilization and the natural world from acclaimed director Isao
Takahata. The raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their
homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it
becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together
and fight back. The raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of
transformation until they are even able to appear as humans. In often
hilarious ways, the raccoons use their powers to try to scare off the
advance of civilization. But will it be enough? Or will the raccoons
learn how to live in balance with the modern world? Celebrate the magic
of the forest and the beauty of the creatures who live among us in POM
POKO -- now on Disney Blu-ray for the first time ever.